Bottle stopping liquid lifter and dispenser



Aug. 1, 1933. E. Q WQQD 1,920,335

BOTTLE STOPPING LIQUID LIFTER AND DISPENSER File d Oct. 6, 19:51

INVENTOR .E'dwzn (ill Patented Aug. 1, 1933 UNITED STATES BOTTLE STOPPING LIQUID LIFTER AND DISPENSER.

Edwin C. Wood, East Orange, N..J. Application October .6, 1931. Seri al"N 567,322. .5 Claims. (Cl. 215-58.)

This invention relates to bottle or container stoppers and liquid lifters and dispensers and is herein disclosed in connection with acontainer of the rigid type.

One of. the objects of the invention, generally stated, is the provision of an organization in which the constituent elements are so coordinated structurallyand functionally as to assure improved results with inexpensive material which is easy to manufacture,

Since difficulty, involving use of considerable periodsof time, has heretofore been experienced in inserting stoppers. in bottles, and in removing these stoppers, this being partly because of the resistance offered by compressed and rare-' fied. air, another object of the invention,- more specifically stated, is the provision of ,a stopper which may be inserted or removed from a bottle while maintaining the air in normal condition. 7

Owing to such compression during insertion of a stopper, fluid in containers, such as ink bottles or medicine bottles, has heretofore been ejected, at least in small quantities, as has been evident, for instance, during insertion of a stopper in an India ink bottle. With my improved stopper this disadvantage is not only avoided but the arrangement also facilitates removal of a stopper, this being to secure a further object of the invention. v

Connected with the foregoing, a still further object of the invention is the provision of a resilient or manually compressible and extensible stopper by which the aforesaid air compression and rarefaction are avoided.

To contribute further to this end, yet another object of the invention is the provision of a hollow stopper; that is to say,-one having a chamber therein; and since the organization includes a tubular liquid lifting and dropping or dispens- 40 ing section, which is also resilient or yieldable,

the result is that a highly efficient and economical new article of manufacture, which is apparently plain, and of simple construction, is provided.

The head of the stopper includes a manipulable portion, in which the said air chamber is located, and a bottle gripping or engaging portion, in which is a communicating passage for receiving an end of the inklifting section. As the bot- Q tle engaging portion is necessarily to some extent elongate, and the same may not necessarily j be compressed throughout its length by the manipulable portion, said engaging portion is provided with a recess of limited dimensions 5 But in order to render the bottle engaging portion easily compressible, the aforesaid communicating passage is relatively large, and the top resilient end of the-liquid lifting section is correspondinglyproportioned, for the same purpose. Said end finds a seat in the stopper, and since the opposite endis comparatively small,,for ink control purposes, whilethe centeris of medium proportions, the liquid lifting section is in appearance a novel stepped pipette.

With the above indicated'objects in view, the 6 particular embodiment of the invention selected for disclosure is herein clearly described, and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig, l is an elevational view, showing my im 7 proved device in connection with an ink bottle, the latter being in dot and dash lines;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan, View; a

Fig. 3 is a vertical central sectional view;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of a liquid lifting and dropping section peruse; and

Fig. 5 is a top plalrview of the structure illustrated in Fig. 4. J

, similar characters of reference refer tocorresponding parts throughout the several views.

The head of the device, constructed of rubber or resilient material, includes a manipulable top portion 10, and a portion 11 for engaging in the neck 12 or opening of a bottle, here shown as an India ink bottle '13. This head is hollow and i has therein an air chamber 13, a continuation 14 of which receives the top expanded terminal 15 of a hollow tubular ink lifting section, the portion 16 of which is manipulable for urging said terminal into the passage 14 and against a seat 14', at the base of the chamber 13.

The manipulable portion 10 is provided with an annular shoulder 17 for engaging the top surface or bead of the neck 12; and in the portion 11 is a recess 18, so that on initial insertion of the last mentioned portion, or on removal of the same from the bottle, air moves through the said recess, thus preventing compression or rarefaction in the bottle. As the recess only extends part of the way along the portion 11, a part 19] of surface of the structure is effective to maintain the stopper in properly sealed condition.

But in order to further facilitate insertion and removal of the stopper, the head is compressible, on manipulation of the portion 10 or flange 17, this being to remove the surface 19 from the coacting inner surface of the neck of the bottle.v The ink lifting section, which is of cellul0id,.is also yieldable or compressible parto the amount of manual pressure exerted on any desired quantity of ink or liquid may, owing 14, the distance of the terminal 21 from the bot-' 1 tom 22 of a bottle may be according to requirements, said terminal beingarranged to almost touch the bottom, for example, to completelyr'emove the contents of a bottle. I l

My improved device, whichlis'well suited for quantity production, may be vended separately or in position on a bottle.

As the hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification, without departing fromthe invention, the particular atrangements shown should be taken as illustrative, and notin a limiting sense, Therefore the scope of the protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended claims, interpreted as broadly as is=consistent with the prior art. l

I claim as myinvention: '1. A bottle stopper and liquid lifter comprising in combination a hollow head of compressible material, and separate liquid lifting section of moved through the Opening of. a bottle compressible material removably seated in said hollow and having also therein a hollow, which 7 latter is incommunication with said first hollow,

said head including a manipulable portion, whereby on manipulation of said portion to'partly compress said head the stoppermay be partly ing said section into the liquid.

2. A bottle stopper and liquid liftercomprising in combination a hollow head of compressible and expansible material, and a separate liquid lifting'section of compressible and expansible for insertmaterial removably seated in said hollow and having also therein a hollow, which latter communicates with said first hollow, said head including a manipulable portion, whereby on manipulation of said portion to partly compress said head the stopper may be partly moved through the opening of a bottle for inserting said section in liquid, said head being partly expansible on release of said portion for stopping said opening.

3. A bottle stopper and liquid lifter comprising in combination a hollow head of compressible and expansible material, and a separate liquid lifting section of compressible and expansible material removably seated in said hollow and having also therein a hollow, which latter communicates with said first hollow, said head including a manipulable portion, whereby on manipulation of said portionto partly compress said head and said section the stopper may be partly moved through the opening of a bottle for inserting said section in liquid, said head and section being expansible on release of said portion for stopping said opening. i

4. In a bottle stopper and ink lifting device, the combination with a head of compressible material having a bottle gripping portion, of a separate ink lifting section having a yieldable top terminal disposed in said portion, an ink lifting terminal, and a manipulable shoulder on said head for compressing said first terminal and said portion to move the latter through the opening of a bottle for insertingsaid second terminal in liquid.

5. In a bottle stopper comprising a hollow head of resilient material having a manipulable portion, a hollow resilient bottle engaging portion, a seat within the stopper between said portions, a pipe comprising a contracted liquid lifting terminal, an expanded resilient terminal movably disposed in the hollow of said second portion, and a manipulable pipe section disposed between said terminals, whereby to move said expanded resilient terminal into engagement with said seat.

EDWIN C. WOOD. 

